The ocean as a unifying agenda across the climate, biodiversity, and land degradation conventions
Abstract Climate change, biodiversity loss, and land degradation are interconnected challenges requiring ocean-based solutions. However, the Rio Conventions on climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation have advanced unevenly in their engagement with the ocean. We present scientific and policy rationales for positioning the ocean as a unifying agenda to advance the Rio Conventions and offer a conceptual framework to meet the goals of the Conventions and increase synergies across them.
Authors
- Stefanie Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8101-4927)
- Natalia Erazo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7498-0860)
- Gabriella H. Berman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6944-342X)
- Katie Geddes
- Terry‐René W. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8201-8914)
- Lisa A. Levin
- Mari R. Tye
- Emily Stuller
- Matthew Frost
- Thecla Keizer
- Mariana Rocha de Souza
- Miriah Kelly
Institutions
- NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- The Nature Conservancy (US)
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- U.S. National Science Foundation (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
- Plymouth Marine Laboratory (GB)
- Southern Connecticut State University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Michigan Sea Grant (US)
- University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant (US)
- Ionosphere Institute (KZ)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Ocean Sustainability
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00227-9
- Primary Topic
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00